“Pedaling” Clean Energy Solutions

October is “Energy Awareness Month.” Today NYPIRG and other groups kicked off a statewide “Clean Energy Bike Tour” with rallies in Buffalo and Stony Brook. The two legs of the bike tour will converge in Albany on Sunday, October 26th holding media events along the way. The message is clear: we need to take action NOW to prevent catastrophic climate change. The groups are calling on all candidates for state and federal office to support expanding energy efficiency programs, boosting clean renewable energy sources, and adopting tough laws curbing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. For a schedule of the tour, go to: http://www.nypirg.org/energy/biketour.html.